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Amazon Linux 2 : kernel (ALASKERNEL-5.10-2024-059)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 200362

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.

Description

The version of kernel installed on the remote host is prior to 5.10.176-157.645. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2KERNEL-5.10-2024-059 advisory.

 An issue was discovered in arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c in the Linux kernel before 6.2.8. nVMX on x86_64 lacks consistency checks for CR0 and CR4. (CVE-2023-30456)

 In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

 ftrace: Fix invalid address access in lookup_rec() when index is 0 (CVE-2023-53075)

 In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

 ext4: fix task hung in ext4_xattr_delete_inode (CVE-2023-53089)

 In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

 ext4: fix WARNING in ext4_update_inline_data (CVE-2023-53100)

 In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

 ext4: zero i_disksize when initializing the bootloader inode (CVE-2023-53101)

 In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

 net: tunnels: annotate lockless accesses to dev->needed_headroom (CVE-2023-53109)

 In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

 net: usb: smsc75xx: Limit packet length to skb->len (CVE-2023-53125)

 In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

 SUNRPC: Fix a server shutdown leak (CVE-2023-53131)

 In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

 ext4: Fix possible corruption when moving a directory (CVE-2023-53137)

 In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

 scsi: core: Remove the /proc/scsi/${proc_name} directory earlier (CVE-2023-53140)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Run 'yum update kernel' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com//AL2/ALAS2KERNEL-5.10-2024-059.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-30456.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-53075.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-53089.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-53100.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-53101.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-53109.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-53125.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-53131.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-53137.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-53140.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 200362

File Name: al2_ALASKERNEL-5_10-2024-059.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/11/2024

Updated: 7/7/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-30456

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-livepatch-5.10.176-157.645, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python-perf, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perf, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-tools-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bpftool-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-tools-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bpftool, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python-perf-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perf-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-tools

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/6/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/10/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-30456, CVE-2023-53075, CVE-2023-53089, CVE-2023-53100, CVE-2023-53101, CVE-2023-53109, CVE-2023-53125, CVE-2023-53131, CVE-2023-53137, CVE-2023-53140